Process of treating thread.



C. S. ALTHOUSE.

PROCESS OF TREATING THREAD.

APPLICATION F'ILED MAR. 21. 1912.

Patehted Sept. 7, 1915.

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a5 Th CHARLES SCOTT ALTHOUSE, 0F READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

PROCESS OF TREATING THREAD.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES SCOTT ALT- HOUSE,citizen of the United States, residing at Reading, in the county ofBerks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Processes of Treating Threads, of which the following isa specification.

This invention has for its object a new process of treating threads oryarns or other solid substances, as for instance washing, dyeing orotherwise treating said substances.

The invention consists of taking the substance to be treated from asource of supply, passing it together with a liquid through a tube to amoving body, shedding the liquid as the substance engages the body,separating the substance from the moving body by the application of asecond liquid in which it is carried through a second tube to a dryingapparatus, applying a drying medium to the substance While it is on thedrying apparatus and removing it from said drying apparatus by a secondjet of air. e apparatus for performing this process is fully describedin the following specification and clearly illustrated in thea'ccompanying drawing, in which thenumeral 1 designates the source ofsupply of the substance to be treated. 2 designates a guide to directsaid supply into the mouth of a tubular member 3. 4 designates a tubeconveying a stream of liquid into the mouth of said tube 3.

The substance to be treated, indicated as a thread by the dotted line 1,is carried through the tube 3 by the action of the liquid and is at thesame time treated by said liquid, as for instance, dyeing it. Theliquid, as it passes out of the open end of the tube will beautomatically shed into a receptacle 5 while the thread will engage amoving body 6, shown as an endless belt, which passes close to the openend of the tube, in an upwardly direction, carrying the thread away fromthe liquid. I have ,shown this moving body as of substantiallytriangular form, and, as the thread is carried down on the opposite sidethereof a second liquid is applied thereto through a tube 7, whichdirects the liquid directly against the moving body and separates thethread from it, while the liquid together with the thread, pass into themouth of a second tubular member 8, during the passage through whichSpecification of Letters Patent.

' tube the thread is Patented Sept. '7, 1915.

Application filed March 21, 1912. Serial N 0. 685,319.

again subjected to any suitable treatment by the liquid, as forinstance, washing, and the thread and liquid pass out of the open end ofthe tube and against the surface of a moving drying device 9 in the formof an endless belt or apron. When the liquid passes out of the tube, itis free to fall and does fall'from the moving apron into a receptacle10, while the thread engages the apron and is carried upward on itssurface.

Immediately above the apron I locate a suitable device 11 by means ofwhich a blast or current of air is directed against the thread in adownwardly direction-and as the thread passes around the upper end ofthe apron, a second jet of air is applied thereto from below, by meansof a nozzle 12, which latter action serves to separate the thread fromthe apron and to any suitable destination, a winding reel. It is evidentthat the number of liquid applications to the thread and the separationof the liquid therefrom is immaterial and that it may be repeated anynumber of times by merely supplying the intermediate units. It is alsoevident that the last step in the operation, that is the drying of thethread, is not essential to the operation of the process, as the threadmay in some cases, be taken directly from the mouth of the tube andwound in a wet condition, or it may be dried in any other mannerpreferable.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire tosecure by Letas for instance,

ters Patent is 1. The process of treating threads which consists inconveying the thread, immersed in liquid through the tube, to a movableseparator; separating the liquid from the thread by the movement of theseparator and engaging the thread in a second liquid before it leavesthe separator.

2. The process of treating threads which consists in conveying thethread, immersed in liquid through a tube to a separator; separating theliquid from the thread, automatically picking up the thread by the saidseparator and engaging the thread in a second liquid as it leaves saidseparator.

3. The process of treating threads which consists in conveying thethread through a tube to a separator while immersed in liquid;automatically picking up the thread by permit it to be carriedsaidseparator, shedding the liquid and engaging the thread in a secondliquid as it leaves the separator.

4. The process of treating threads Which consists in carrying thethread, immersed in liquid, through a tube to a revolving separator;shedding the liquid from the thread by the action of the separator, andremoving the thread from the separator by means of a second liquidapplied thereto.

5. The process of treating threads which consists in carrying the threadthrough a tube while immersed in a liquid, to a separator; automaticallyshedding the liquid as the thread engages the separator andautomatically removing the thread from the separator. i

6. The process of treating threads which consists in carrying thethread, immersed in liquid, through a tube, to a revolvin separator;shedding the liquid from the t read by the action of the separator, andremoving the thread from the separator.

7. The process of treating threads which consists in conveying thethread from a source of supply through a tube to a revolving body;engaging the thread by said body; shedding the conveying medium when thethread. engages the body and automatically separating the thread fromsaid body.

8. The process of treating threads which-- consists in conveying thethread through a tube from a source of supply to a revolving body;engaging the thread by said body; separating the conveying medium fromthe thread as it engages the body; separating the thread from the bodyby applying a liquid thereto and conveying the thread in said liquid toa second revolving body.

9. The process of treating threads which consists in conveying thethread through a tube from a source of supply to a revolving body;separating the conveying medium from thethread as it engages the body;separating the thread from the body by applying liquid thereto;conveying the thread in said liquid to a drying apron and subjecting thethread to a blast of air whileengaging the apron. v I

10. The process of treating threads which consists in conveying thethread, immersed in liquid, from a source of supply to a revolving body;separating the liquid from the thread as it engages said body;separating the threadfrom the body by applying a second liquid thereto;conveying t e thread through a. tube in said second liquid to a dryingapron; applying a blast of air to dry the thread and a second blast ofair to separate the thread from the apron.

11. The process of treating threads or like solid substances whichconsists in conveying said thread from a source of supply to a revolvingbody; separating the conveying medium from the thread as "it engages thebody, separating the thread from the body by applying a liquid thereto;conveying said thread through the medium of said liquid to a dryingmember and directing a blast of air against said thread while on saiddrying member.

12. The process of treating threads or like substances which consists inconveying the substance, immersed in liquid through a tube, from asource of supply to a separator;

separating the liquid from the substance as it automatically engages theseparator automatically; separating the substance from the saidseparator and conveying it'to a sec-- ond separator through the mediumof the separating element.

13. The method of treating threads which consists in admitting thethread together with a liquid into a receptacle; conveying the threadby. means of the liquid, from the receptacle to a revolving body;diverting the flow of liquid from the revolving body as the threadengages said body; separating.

the thread from the said body by applying a second liquid thereto;conveying the thread by means of'the second liquid, from the re volvingbody, through a tube, to a movable drying device and applying a blast ofair to the thread while being carried by the drying device. g

14. The process of treating threads or like substances whichconsists inimmersing said substance in a solution; conveying it while in thesolution to a revolving body; separat ing the solution from thesubstance as it engages the body; separating the substance from therevolving body by applying a second solution thereto and conveying it,while in said second solution, through a tube to a second revolvingbody.

15. The method of treating threads or like substances which consists inimmersing said substance in a solution; conveying the solu tion andsubstance to a separator; diverting the flow of the solution as thesubstance engages the separator; removing the substance from theseparator by applying thereto a second solution; conveying the substanceand the second solution through a tube to a movable drying apron andapplying a drying blast to the substance while on the apron.

16. The process of treating threads or like solid substances whichconsists in conveying the thread, immersed in a liquid, through a tube,from a source of supply to a separator; automatically picking up thethread by the separator, shedding the liquid from the thread as itengages the separator. and deconsists in conveying the threads in aliquid through a tube from a source of supply to a separator,automatically picking up the threads by the se liquid therefrom.

18. The consists in process of treating threads which conveying thethreads through a 5 tube from a source of parator, and shedding the Intestiniony whereof I aifix m in presence of two witnesses.

supply to a separator, Witnesses: and automatically picking up thethreads CLARA E. YOUNG,

En. A. KELLY.

by said separator.

y signature CHARLES SCOTT ALTHOUSE.

